What a fantastic first week for the Nightingales! It has been brilliant seeing the class back in school ready to learn with buckets of enthusiasm! On our first day back we learnt about the importance of resilience (Our learning value this term) and putting the effort into everything we do to succeed. We watched Mo Farah from this Years Rio Olympics win his gold and understood that even if we make a mistake (he fell over) we can all be winners so long as we try our hardest!
We looked at how we view others in the class positively and how being positive and optimistic means that we remain resilient and friendly towards one another. Each class member had their own hand filled by the rest of the class with positive features about that person (See below!) Nightingales have already proved how friendly we are as we won the Kind Kevin award last week! Well done Nightingales! :)
Nightingales were also tasked with creating the tallest tower they could. In groups they were all given the same type and amount of materials to see which team could build the tallest tower. The class had to show fantastic teamwork but above all great resilience as many times their towers fell over but Nightingales would't give up and persisted until 5 tall towers were standing in the classroom! Great effort!
Nightingales also played a question and answer game called The Key Jar. Some questions examples included 'What was the hardest thing you have done this week?' and 'Who in your class do you admire and why?'. This made the Nightingales really think about the week and reflect on what they have achieved.
Nightingales Science experiment this week was Blobs In A Bottle. The class made their own lava lamps and made predictions on what would happen if some variables were changed. They also found out that oil is lighter than water.
Moving on into Week 2 the Nightingales have also won SAM and PAM the punctuality and attendance awards! So, all in all, an outstanding start to Year 3!!!
